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In The Insect-Populated Mind, author David Spooner proposes a close
connection between aspects of insect evolution and the human
intellect. By examining seemingly disparate subjects, such as
entomology, language, theory, genetics, astronomy, literature, and
music, Spooner proves that synthesis is indeed possible. Once this
fusion is achieved, the human species can be seen as connected not
just to the great apes, but also via consciousness to metamorphic
insects. While considering Richard Dawkins' and Susan Blackmore's
expositions of memes, Spooner suggests that the concept of memes
remains a peripheral understanding of religion and the arts. The
book also presents arguments on the roots and nature of the mind in
the work of Daniel Dennett and Steven Pinker.
This book is an extension of Dr. Spooner's previous work on the
interplay of insect processes and human culture as discussed in The
Metaphysics of Insect Life (ISP, 1995). It continues the
application of the literary, philosophical, and scientific methods
employed there to the main currents in the evolution of modern
Hispanic literature. On one level, it is part of the new
cultural-ecological criticism. Assessing the incursion of South
American rainforest ecology into the poetry of Silva, Dario and
later Eguren, this study considers their impact on Rueda,
Aleixandre, Jimenez, Lorca, and Valente, among others, balancing
this with a recognition of Spain's indigenous post-romantic
modernism. Then, while taking account of the insects in Juan
Goytisolo's novels, Spooner will throw more light on the books of
Marquez, Cortazar and Fuentes, where the striking of the medieval
across the modern is interpreted as related to the metamorphoses of
insects, and indeed the processes of literary development itself.
The book concludes with a consideration of the metaphysical and
scientific implications of this analysis.
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